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Írimë goes into exile and Elemmírë stays behind, but their thoughts are with each other, on the Ice or in the darkness. (A sequence of five drabbles.)

When Haleth feels hope fades she reaches for light within and seeks her out.

The stream echoes Mithrellas' desperate search for Nimrodel.

"My problem is Meril, father,” Tindómiel said and took another deep breath, her heart pounding with the confession reaching her lips. “I love her deeply, and that is the source of my pain."

In the Third Age, Varda and Galadriel reflect on change and love.

A moment with Finduilas and Níniel.

Ilmarë and her lover, before and after.

Nerdanel fails to finish a sculpture, and admits to a defeat.

Findis and Elemmírë meet in secret.

A short visit in the gardens.

Hope gives way to truth.

Morwen is summoned by Acca to fulfill the need of the latter.

Édebar was a tidal island. It had been a resting place of the Lady Uinen who had gifted it to a group of those who had pledged devotion to her to create a sanctuary for those who were mentally distressed or unhappy to find peace again. It was a far more discrete option than the long trip to Lorien, and Lorien was usually reserved for extreme cases.

Girls crying about their marriage prospects was not considered extreme.

Nerdanel considers her children, and why Curufin was always special to Fëanor’s heart.

Elwing and the wind. (There are powers in Arda that are not told of in the histories.)

Even before their fatal quarrel, Saeros is exasperated by Túrin's lack of grooming. (Triple drabble.)

"They say that the Elven-lady, along with her companion, a beautiful Elven-woman, watches over the line of the Princes and weeps for every one of her children, and children-of-her-children." 

A story about Mithrellas and Nimrodel, after they find each other.

(Written for Karari for Ship Swap 2016.)

Orodreth has been crowned king of Nargothrond. He's not taking it particularly well.

Nerdanel recounts the development of her relationship with Fëanor - from their first proper meeting to married life. A fantasy of manners, pride, prejudice, love and craftsmanship.

Lalwen pays Elemmírë a sudden visit, trying to escape the growing divisions among the Noldor and her family. (250-word fixed-length ficlet.)

A kid from nowhere seeks out an old family friend...and that's when things get interesting. A retelling of the Fall of Gondolin set in the 1920s.

Curufin joins Celegorm for a hunt in Oromë's woods and will be touched by a sudden realization regarding the situation of the Noldor in Aman.

It takes place not long after the creation of the Silmarils, Celebrimbor is still a child and the feud with Fingolfin hasn't reached its peak yet, but Melkor's twisted murmurs have started to burn in the hearts of the Noldor.

Maglor still makes music, and Maedhros listens, when it is all they have left.

Finduilas, recovering from her wound among the folk of Brethil, finds a young woman on Haleth's grave-mound, and fate is changed. (Finduilas/Nienor; canon divergence AU.)

A conversation with Thorin Oakenshield; Glorfindel knows more of Orcrist's history than he wishes to tell. (Triple drabble.)